Touting that it is helping fight the opioid epidemic, Emergent BioSolutions is acquiring Adapt Pharma. Under the terms of the deal, Emergent will pay $635 million up front and up to $100 million in cash for various sales-based milestones through 2022.

On a dollar-for-dollar basis, vaccines have probably had a greater positive effect on global health than any other medical advancement, except possibly antibiotics. Yet as a whole, it’s an area that pharma companies tend to not spend a lot of resources on. But there are still many companies that ...

- Fast Track program is designed to facilitate development and expedite review of therapies and vaccines to address unmet health needs
- There are no licensed vaccines for chikungunya prevention and no specific treatments